2022 Hyundai Elantra N (Manual) - POV Driving Impressions 

“savage geese, just completely ruining our video” lmao 🤣

My ultimate loyalty lies in 88-00 honda hatchbacks, but I really feel like hyundai is in a golden age of their own right now. The ioniq 5's styling actually made me stop hating on electrics, and elantra N for being one of the best fun cars for the value is amazing.

Oh my god, I felt so entertained throughout the full video, THIS is really how a review/driving expression video is supposed to be! Thank you for that! And it's nice to finally see someone who can drive properly, both normal and sporty while being in full control.

I have a 6 speed Elantra N in white. Best car right now for the money. So much fun. Fuel economy is actually underrated from the factory. On the flat level highways down here in Florida we get 38mpg.

So glad to see your review of the manual N, I just got mine at the end of August (performance blue) and I couldn't be happier. The car is awesome, I seriously consider your reviews when looking at cars because I feel like you really speak from the heart. No b.s straight to the point. Cheers

Great stuff. Let me know when you want to drive a tuned one on track ;) Also just a lesser known tip on the exhaust settings. You can actually have the exhaust in Sport+ and set the engine to Sport, that will make it so the valves are fully open, but it disables the pops and bangs.

I bought an Elantra Sport 6MT brand new in April of 2017 and drove it very hard for the 5.5 years that I owned it. It got so far as going full turbo swap, and no part on the suspension went untouched. I can definitely say it was the best car I have ever purchased. Only warranty issue in 90k miles was a squeaky cooling fan. Did all maintenance myself. I would have considered upgrading to a full N car at some point, but right now I am at a point in my life where I don't care to have a car payment and there is no way I could pay cash for one of these. My brother needed a car, so I sold the Elantra Sport to him and picked up an old SR20 powered Sentra. I've had a few of them in the past and wanted to get back into one. So I will do that for now. Maybe I can do the same for an Elantra N in about ~10 years.

Great review! I bought one about a month ago and with zero miles and have put about 1200 miles on it, absolutely great car. One little secret to get 18 - 20 psi of boost put 91-93 octane do octane learning which is just driving in normal in 6th gear around at 68-99 for around 10 minutes. Feels night and day!

I work at a cat dealership and they have one these. It's been sitting & I've been passing it by for almost 2 weeks until my coworker told to take a look at it. OMG the best manual car I've ever effing driven. Literally was a hidden gem in plain sight

Finally reviewing the manual one of the most slept on newer cars in my opinion well put together and great performance

Every time I watch a video on this car I like it a little bit more. I'm starting to think it's the only true enthusiast car at this point. It's actually attainable with it's availability, price point, and most importantly lack of dealer markups. It's a shame their Japanese counterparts won't put out their enthusiast cars in enough numbers to prevent scarcity and ridiculous markups if you can find them.

ive had the DCT for just over a year and 14k Miles later i can say that this car is the best sports car in its class for the money. Unbelievable what you get with this car

Thanks for the shout-out :) these cars are no joke and we're looking forward to letting ya rip a bolt on Elantra N with sticky tires soon 👀

the on ramp in the beginning said 25mph and the EN was taking it easily at 65+ mph... that looks like a lot of fun.. thats a great feeling!

Awesome review as usual! I so look forward to any Elantra N review as an owner of a Cyber Gray DCT. I miss driving manuals, but honestly this DCT is so good, as you noted, that it would be hard to go back. I’m about 3 months into my N ownership and I can’t rave enough about how fun the car is. I have to stop myself from taking every backroad home because it just wants to play in the curves, but if you push it constantly it will dip into the low 20 MPG. I’m averaging just under 28 MPG all around, which is still incredible considering how quick and fun the car is.

lmao i randomly stumbled across this video and thought the roads looked familiar. crazy realizing these the roads i commute with every day

Glad to hear your impressions on the manual! Even though the DCT is faster, this would be my choice for the engagement and additional fun factor. We actually bought a 2019 6-speed Elantra GT- N Line a couple of years ago for my wife, partly due to your review video on it. For MY next daily however, I’m between this, the CTR, and the GR Corolla 😁

Savage Geese clearly likes this more (watch his videos and response to comments) than the GR Corolla. Price is also lower and availability much better, as well as interior space and materials. Would love your take Topher.

I can't believe how price competitive this product is, sure CTR is better but CTR and GR cost 40k basically. 40k you are looking at used M2s. GTi has some daily quality that's better, but it's so dull. 33k with 10 year powertrain warranty that covers track usage. I'm sold.

Got mine a month ago, after waging successive battles with Toyota Dealerships to get a GR86 without markup or 7 month wait time. Delivers much more than I expected. Doesn't look half bad in person

Its wild that we’re living in times where you can customize how the car drives from the infotainment center

Super impressive. I love the exhaust. I saw one in north Carolina over the weekend and it looked really really sharp.

If they made a wagon version of this Elantra I'd be lining up at the door to trade in my beloved Veloster N. These cars are just sooooo good

The @savagegeese cameo is perfect

That is insane rear leg room for a compact car.

The Elantra N/Veloster N is so much better value compared to its competitors. I’d take this over the Type R, Golf R, WRX, and GR Corolla if you don’t need AWD

It’s nice to watch a car reviewer with actual driving kills rather than some out of shape dude that just memorized the spec sheets.

Great review, Topher! I have the Elantra N DCT in performance blue and I love it! That wheel hop you experienced is pretty much negated when you upgrade the lower engine mount.

"Savage Geese JUST COMPLETELY ruining our video." LMAO!!!! A Nice, nonchalant, shout out.

Yo! The crazy thing about this Elantra N is that the stock exhaust is still loud even when there was no Rev! Crazy! 😂

I daily one of these and I love it. Great car. Super flexible and easy to live with, while being fun as hell on curvy roads

Was trying to figure out where you were at with such horrible roads... Then saw the U turn left turns and knew. Thanks for the very complete video. I like that car a lot more than I thought I would. There even seems to be a bit of an aftermarket for N cars.

so funny you mentioned savage geese between this and tedward i often get the channels confused lol

I’m honestly between this and Honda civic si I feel like the si looks better but this definitely a beast

I always look at Hyundai as the Rebook of the car world lol Not too off brand but not the big dogs either. I see them stepping their game up though 👀

I've been waiting for this one! I have one of these already (manual in white), so it's not like I don't already know what the drive is like, but I really enjoy seeing your reviews, and wanted to hear your thoughts on this car. I like the fact that you mentioned "Jekyll & Hyde personality"....That's exactly what I thought about the car when I got it too. I can have it in a normal toned-down mode when I'm driving my kids around, but then I can spice it up when I want to have some fun on my own. I really like that about it.

Driving the DCT Model because of comfortness in S.Korea. But, if I do have a choice in more free area, I'd choose manual. Seriously

Oh wow the exhaust note is awesome. Didn't expect that.

Hyundai understood what driving enthusiasts want and it shows. I drive an i30N here in Germany and I still cant believe just how good it drives. Sometimes I question if it really is FWD, cause the amount of grip in turns, as well as how you can "point and shoot" it, is just incredible.

Great review, but you should not stay that long in gear with the clutch pressed (12:38). It's not good for the clutch.

At first glance you might think this was an Audi RS3 with the front grill & headlamps looking similar, a nice looking exterior with the Red, Grey & Black. The Interior is nice too!

I really want Hyundai to make these AWD, it would be the perfect daily driver for me. 6 speed, all wheel drive, turbo, new with a warranty, affordable, I would be at the dealer tomorrow if they made them that way. It would be so much more fun in the snow

Hyundai is killing it so far with N line of cars. Currently own the i20n and it’s fun to drive. Just dont like the fake engine noise which i already removed.

On the N steering if you just enable stock N mode the Steering is way too heavy, and artificial. It's more work but if you do N Custom you can dial it in pretty well. I actually think the Steering feel for EPS is better than the GR86 i that drove

So I've had my EN DCT since early June and I've put about 3000 miles on it so far. Overall I am loving it but I have had a few issues. -Fuel injector blew at 1200 miles, car was at the dealership getting fixed for 12 days. Was only offered a loaner for about 6 of those days. -My enrollment with Hyundai's app connected "bluelink" service got screwed up. For the past 3 months I have been unable to connect to the car with the app so I can't remote start, set climate, or lock the car. They've been troubleshooting it but no dice over 3 months. -With the car being so solid with all the chassis stiffening, hitting a pot hole or bump feeling like you just hit a metal pole with a metal bat. I swear the shock that the drive train experiences runs through your body. Whenever I hit a pothole I have to check all my wheels after to make sure none broke! -11 gallon tank is annoying as hell. I feel like I'm always filling up. Couple this with the octane learning process (to get boost to 18-19 psi instead of 15psi) and if feels like you finally get the car to max boost... But then you have to refuel which starts the learning process over again. -Turning radius sucks. I now park like one of those people who learned to drive at 25 years old. I like the car alot. I haven't tracked or autocrossed it yet. If feels like it's pulls harder, and longer then my GTI ever did. And it still has the handling characteristics that my Veloster N had, albeit it is longer so it takes longer to rotate. It does feel like a step up from those cars though in terms of "driver's car", even with me going from manual to DCT.

They should've continued Veloster N with the goodies that Elantra N has. Than it would have been quick sell.

Nice to see a collaboration with Savagegeese!

Rented a base Elantra, the weight of my foot on the gas pedal made it identify as an N.

So my brother got this….baby blue, standard, nline 280 hp. He graciously let me ride it around town (with the kids in the back) so I took it as a grocery getter. That being said, this thing had some fun behind the wheels. It’s the perfect car when your wife doesn’t want you to have a death machine, great price. Im 6’4 and was comfortable driving and in passenger. Had room to adjust. Sucker gets it too. Haven’t had the chance to take it on a track or anything but id love to give it a go.

This is exactly what I’ve been waiting for !

Whenever you talk about trunk and it's space it always reminds me of how did you throw a wallet inside a 2019 Accord 😂

As much as I adore how these handle and the noise they make, I just can't get over the newest generation Hyundai styling.

This almost seems like a second coming of the MazdaSpeed6, sans the AWD

More fun then a RS3?! Wow that’s high praise :O

0:01 start up 7:57 drive

Not sold on the styling but it’s a great value in comparison to the other four offerings. Plus you might be able to find one vs the GR and Type R.

LOL!!! "Savage Geese just completely ruining this video" Really great thinking on your feet there, for those who get that reference....Hilarious.

18:57 most replayed 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂, we all want it

This Video made me buy EN Lol! 😂 right after 2 months since I saw the videos.

Soo funnnnnn to watch. More videos for this car please. Much love ❤️ 😍

I remember watching a video of a guy getting state reffed by chp and the dealership and everyone could not help him because it was stock. Went to the state ref people and they put the car in spot+ mode which is the loudest mode it has and he couldn’t get it signed off. I love chp always ruining the fun and a good time

Dude, awesome video. I'm really interested in this car. But I have one question. In your video, I have a perfect view out front, and I also have a perfect view of the rear view mirror. How did you do that? Where do you mount your camera, and what kind of camera are you using? I'm a motocross guy, so I'm always looking for a better mounting position.

OMG now I do not know what to do now. I'd really love to have a Mazda3 2.5T but this Elantra N manual puts on a good fight. The manual transmission + the exhaust makes me wanna drive it daily!

Make it look like that new ioniq, ie retro styling and this would sell like crazy

I just realized yiy haven't reviewed the Veloster with a MT yet

I have a Kona N... they are unbelievably fun

I guess it's the same family of engines, but I'm surprised how similar in tone it sounds to my 2013 Veloster. Obviously, this makes a lot more pops and bangs lol. Not a bad thing, I like it.

been looking to just TEST DRIVE one of these and a lot of dealers in my area (SoCal) either don't have them or if they are getting them they're holding it for someone already haha. either way this car from what i've heard is just fantastic.

I hate that we are getting fake gauges on an LCD screen rather than real gauges, but they fake the gauge sweep too? That's only there to confirm the mechanical parts of the gauge are working properly. It has no function when it's just a picture on a computer screen.

Simple, I see a new thetopher video and I watch 🤷🏻‍♂️

Topher: “and…we’ve spent a week in it” Also Topher: uploads a video every other day How many cars do you drive for a week 😳

Great review man! I was wondering which car was more “fun” to drive, GR Corolla or this Elantra N?

I know im gonna have my eyes on this wonderful vehicle for a while

Traded my 22 GR86 for a 22 Kona N and I am in love. Fantastic cars, people need to stop sleeping on Hyundai. (Edit) typo got the best of me

Sounds like there’s a fair amount of road noise, despite topher saying it’s well insulated in the cabin

Picking mine up next week! I'm stoked! Sounds just like my old Genesis Turbo. RIP.

been driving my cyber grey dct for 3 weeks now. Such a fun car to drive! also, good luck finding this car at MSRP. It is possible, but still pretty rare.

There's no donut more fun than a front wheel drive donut.

Veloster was the best N, idk why companies keep discontinuing their best looking cars

Do you always leave it in gear at a light? I just noticed for some reason at 12:40

I’m baffled why Hyundai couldn’t be bothered to put a rear armrest in the middle of the backseat…

I like the iconic color like the one on the Hyundai Kona N

That interior looks really good for what it is

9:25 hahaha if you know the reference this was perfect

Great POV as usual. Honestly, I looked at this car and disliked the lines (still not a fan) on the side profile so much I wrote it off. Also not a big fan of the front end but this POV makes it look so fun to drive that I may reconsider it.

For some reason these Veloster and Elantra N models just seem more appropriate with the DCT.

Just when I was thinking of this car! On point man😍🏎🔥

Great review, in Australia as well as the sedan we have the hatchback version called the i30N, which I prefer.

Wow, this could be my next daily!

Its so sad we dont have this in germany. Love this car

one of the things I'd wish the reviewer would do is to comment on the seat/leg/pedal configuration. It is something that brands usually screw up and it ruins the feel of the car. (once U get past a 'test-drive, where few notice that the dead pedal is 2 inches closer than the accel!) You should show the dead pedal and comment on where the accel pedal and clutch are relative to it, as well as comment on legroom vs. seating position. I use a porsche 911 as a reference against all of my other cars.

The words “exciting” and “Hyundai Elantra” shouldn’t be in the same sentence. Hahaha

Geese were definitely harmed in the making of this video 😂

Wish they had these at dealers near me. Seems like such a bargain.

did you see the guy in cali who got a ticket for a modified exhaust in a stock elantra n? 😂

This car reminds me of the Golf R interior with knobs (the biggest interior complaint on the golf R) with 40 less hp. Solid especially for $10k+ cheaper.

Is this exhaust stock ? It sounds so crispy and love the hum at low revs. Too bad we won't get this beauty in Europe. We miss so much some affordable sporty cars like this... Nowadays any interesting or sporty car is at least 60 000€ due to "ecology".... Feels so bad

Best thing is I find these for $32k all day long where I live. Atleast if I ever decided to buy one I could haha

just wondering, why was 24:29 censored?

Savage Geese! 🤣 Well played sir!